https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/03/49ers-will-not-exercise-lt-trent-williams-bonus
Recent San Francisco #49ers Updates
Top 51 Cap Space: $27M (12th)
CB Nate Hobbs
1-year, $3.5M; $3.1M g'teed
Cap Hit: $3.3M
WR Christian Kirk
1-year, $3M; $2.7M g'teed
Cap Hit: $2.9M
LB Luke Gifford
2-years, $5M; $2M g'teed
Cap Hit: $1.9M
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/cap/_/year/2026
The #49ers electing to not exercise a $10M option bonus for OT Trent Williams is not a declaration about his future.
The decision simply reverts that $10M back into base salary of which Williams now holds $32.2M.
If exercised, that $10M would prorate at $2.5M in each of the next 4 seasons. SF is keeping the future cap cleaner (for now).
RE: https://ext.sportsbots.xyz/users/1319479279709683713/statuses/2034645710508052746
I live in a world in which the #49ers are annually among the NFL's most injured teams and many of their recent free-agent signings have been injured a lot.